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Communications satellites are placed in a circular orbit where they stay directly over a fixed point on the equator as the earth rotates. These are called geosynchronous orbits. The altitude of a geosynchronous orbit is 3.58 x 10^7m. What is the apparent weight of a 2000 kg satellite in a geosynchronous orbit?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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Your 1500 kg car pulls a 540 kg trailer away from a stop sign withan acceleration of 2.00 m/s2. (Note the answers should be given inkN.)
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